Koko can already talk. She was taught sign language, and has a vocabulary of over 1000 signs, and can understand over 2000 spoken engligh words. Which is far more than many posters on slashdot.
I will agree you got reamed in moderation, I see little resemblance to a penguin in their (OEone) Tux logo. In fact, I see more resemblance to Mozilla.
If I had mod points, I'd give you one right there.
As far as my comment goes, my telling you to read the article was tounge-in-cheek, since obviously India is NOT building a human pyramid to the moon.
I just write what the little voices tell me to...;)
It clearly states: Where most countries would find this task daunting, India has cleverly applied its greatest resource to the problem. Sheer manpower!
Of course, the engineering problem of building a human pyramid to the moon has not escaped these folk; they have set thousands of computer programmers to that task. "We expect to have this licked within the year," Samir Soontahn said Wednesday at a ISA press conference.
I would have to say that rent/morgatage payments would be incidental in this case, since I am paying to house *myself and whether or not I have Larry Niven's 'Ringworld' sitting on my bookshelf, or Badfinger's 'Straight Up' in the CD tower, has no effect on the price I pay.
Now if I had 30,000 books, and 3,000 CDs, it may be a different story. 'Course if I had all that, I'd be reading and listening to CDs, rather than posting to/.;)
If I buy a CD, will I pay the RIAA everytime I listen to it?
If I buy a painting, will I pay the artist everytime I look at it?
If I buy a book, will I pay Simon & Shuster everytime I read it?
The answer? A resounding, echoing NO.
As for as gasoline, electricity, and internet access, yes, they cost money, and yes, I can't use my car, computer, browser effectively without them. Of course, this is a circular argument.
I was referring to the subscription model of entertainment/content that is "hot" right now, and will become a pain in the ass when/if enough people migrate to it. But thanks for the www.amish.net tip BTW - I may have to buy a new hat.
If Apple was the 'last one standing' in a battle with the AAAA (All A$$holes Association of America), I would be in line for a new Mac. The way I see it, the x86 architecture could be first to fall from the pressure of the AAAA. The motherboard makers have has long experience being M$'s bitch, what's a new pimp to them? They'll just kneel and take it. For the most part, Apple is a company that creates trends, rather than jumping on the bandwagon, or bowing to industry pressures. (I wish they'd jump on the processor speed bandwagon tho..:P)
WAKE UP! This whole 'Battle' can be summed up as follows:
The AAAA wants you to Subscribe to everything. TV, Radio, MP3, CDs, Software, Books,(add anything else you can think of) and own ALL avenues of content creation/distribution. This will give ol' Hillary and Jack the stranglehold they crave.
Fair use? Gone. Independent distribution? Gone. Any scenario where YOU control 'content'? GONE.
Senators are being paid off left and right (pun intended), the only way to fight this is to educate people who vote. Vote their asses out of office!
Call or write your Senators and Represenatives and let them know where you stand, and where they will be standing if this trend continues. Stop being the bitch of the AAAA!
if Sony Online could replicate EverQuest's success in game after game, creating alternate compelling virtual worlds for every fantasy -- the Wild West, World War II, ancient Rome, George Orwell's 1984, or New York's 1930s mob wars -- it suddenly could be looking at revenue streams easily approaching several billion dollars a year.
Why would I want to play 1984, when I can live it for free? Just rename it to 'George Bush's 1984', it's a little more accurate.
I won't play EQ, SWG, UOL, or any other MMPORG. Don't encourage the giant corporations! The pay-to-play, listen, watch, and do mentality is going to come back to bite you in the ass.
The RIAA and MPAA are hard at work getting this subscription model to work for them. You are a dollar sign. Here is another quote from the article.
"Would you believe we've generated over $1 million in revenue simply from moving characters?" Smedley marvels.
Sure, this kind of stuff will fade as more MMPORGS appear. The $$$ required to play will become less and less thanks to competition between the companies. For now, you're going to see this:
Last April, when Sony raised the monthly subscription price 31 percent to $12.95, it hardly lost a player. In fact, Smedley says the game continues to add 12,000 players a month.
Anything I have to pay to use/see/hear AFTER I buy it, is not going to get a fscking cent from me.
...and believe this will not be a problem but we are conducting studies to make sure this isn't a problem. Since we are aware of the possible problems now we can design the elevator to avoid these problems.
Houston, I think we have a problem.
They're in my hair! They're in my hair!
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Do you use it, or shun it? Do you subscribe to the notion of an extra flavor (salty, sour, sweet, bitter, and ((perhaps)) savory ) that it is supposed to represent?
Where is it approprate, and how might I use it best? Or why shouldn't I use it at all?
IMHO, the best and most easy-to-use audio software is by Sonic Foundry. Acid 2.0 runs great on a Pentium 200 w/ 64meg of ram and Acid 3.0 is just amazing on a p4 1.8.
SF offers a 'free' ver of acid that will do 8 tracks (don't forget Protools Free, which also gives you 8 tracks (or 32 if you know where to look) Sadly, SF doesn't port to mac or linux, and Be died before they got to far with that port.
Acid is a multitracking loop-based recorder that also supports video. It has come a long way since ver 1, in ease of use and power.
If there were linux or beos versions of Acid and Sound Forge, I would make the switch.
Don't respond with, "If you want it, code it up, you lazy bitch!"
Im a musician, not a programmer. I don't ask programmers to write a chorus, so don't ask me to write a program.
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They're in my hair! They're in my hair!
Koko can already talk. She was taught sign language, and has a vocabulary of over 1000 signs, and can understand over 2000 spoken engligh words. Which is far more than many posters on slashdot.
I use my Power Glove with this.
If I had mod points, I'd give you one right there.
As far as my comment goes, my telling you to read the article was tounge-in-cheek, since obviously India is NOT building a human pyramid to the moon.
I just write what the little voices tell me to... ;)
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It clearly states: Where most countries would find this task daunting, India has cleverly applied its greatest resource to the problem. Sheer manpower!
Of course, the engineering problem of building a human pyramid to the moon has not escaped these folk; they have set thousands of computer programmers to that task. "We expect to have this licked within the year," Samir Soontahn said Wednesday at a ISA press conference.
There is your answer! Next time read the article!
that NASA is going to sue all the moon rocks they bring back.
*Whew* that was close!
That's fuckedzilla. Izilla hopezilla theyzilla don'tzilla comezilla afterzilla mezilla.
Just the right size for everyone's forehead!
Now if I had 30,000 books, and 3,000 CDs, it may be a different story. 'Course if I had all that, I'd be reading and listening to CDs, rather than posting to /. ;)
If I buy a CD, will I pay the RIAA everytime I listen to it?
If I buy a painting, will I pay the artist everytime I look at it?
If I buy a book, will I pay Simon & Shuster everytime I read it?
The answer? A resounding, echoing NO.
As for as gasoline, electricity, and internet access, yes, they cost money, and yes, I can't use my car, computer, browser effectively without them. Of course, this is a circular argument.
I was referring to the subscription model of entertainment/content that is "hot" right now, and will become a pain in the ass when/if enough people migrate to it. But thanks for the www.amish.net tip BTW - I may have to buy a new hat.
Here.
WAKE UP! This whole 'Battle' can be summed up as follows: The AAAA wants you to Subscribe to everything. TV, Radio, MP3, CDs, Software, Books,(add anything else you can think of) and own ALL avenues of content creation/distribution. This will give ol' Hillary and Jack the stranglehold they crave.
Fair use? Gone. Independent distribution? Gone. Any scenario where YOU control 'content'? GONE.
Senators are being paid off left and right (pun intended), the only way to fight this is to educate people who vote. Vote their asses out of office!
Call or write your Senators and Represenatives and let them know where you stand, and where they will be standing if this trend continues. Stop being the bitch of the AAAA!
You are a $.
Why would I want to play 1984, when I can live it for free? Just rename it to 'George Bush's 1984', it's a little more accurate.
I won't play EQ, SWG, UOL, or any other MMPORG. Don't encourage the giant corporations! The pay-to-play, listen, watch, and do mentality is going to come back to bite you in the ass.
The RIAA and MPAA are hard at work getting this subscription model to work for them. You are a dollar sign. Here is another quote from the article.
"Would you believe we've generated over $1 million in revenue simply from moving characters?" Smedley marvels.
Sure, this kind of stuff will fade as more MMPORGS appear. The $$$ required to play will become less and less thanks to competition between the companies. For now, you're going to see this:
Last April, when Sony raised the monthly subscription price 31 percent to $12.95, it hardly lost a player. In fact, Smedley says the game continues to add 12,000 players a month.
Anything I have to pay to use/see/hear AFTER I buy it, is not going to get a fscking cent from me.
A cheap bastard for over 30 years and counting. :P
Houston, I think we have a problem.
Get them out! Get them out!
Dammit.
Just in time for Doom 3!
With IT going for $3000+, I think IT is far *overvalued*. I mean, c'mon! It's a SCOOTER!
Where is it approprate, and how might I use it best? Or why shouldn't I use it at all?
2) a Desert Island
3) Sally Struthers
Which would it be?
How do you think we got Windows ME?
SF offers a 'free' ver of acid that will do 8 tracks (don't forget Protools Free, which also gives you 8 tracks (or 32 if you know where to look) Sadly, SF doesn't port to mac or linux, and Be died before they got to far with that port.
Acid is a multitracking loop-based recorder that also supports video. It has come a long way since ver 1, in ease of use and power. If there were linux or beos versions of Acid and Sound Forge, I would make the switch.
Don't respond with, "If you want it, code it up, you lazy bitch!"
Im a musician, not a programmer. I don't ask programmers to write a chorus, so don't ask me to write a program.